1 Samuel 12

¹ Da sagde Samuel til hele Israel: "Se, jeg har føjet eder i alt, hvad I har bedt mig om, og sat en Konge over eder.

¹ Then Samuel said to all Israel, “Behold, I have listened to your voice in all that you said to me and I have appointed a king over you.

³ Se, her står jeg; viden imod mig i HERRENs og hans, Salvedes Påhør! Hvis Okse har jeg taget? Hvis Æsel har jeg taget? Hvem har jeg, undertrykt? Hvem har jeg gjort Uret? Af hvem har jeg taget Gave og derfor lukket Øjnene? I så Fald vil jeg give eder Erstatning!"

³ Here I am; bear witness against me before the Lord and His anointed. Whose ox have I taken, or whose donkey have I taken, or whom have I defrauded? Whom have I oppressed, or from whose hand have I taken a bribe to blind my eyes with it? I will restore it to you.”

⁵ Derpå sagde han til dem: "Så er HERREN i Dag Vidne over for eder, også hans Salvede er Vidne, at I ikke har fundet noget hos mig." De sagde: "Ja!"

⁵ He said to them, “The Lord is witness against you, and His anointed is witness this day that you have found nothing in my hand.” And they said, “He is witness.”

⁷ Så træd nu frem, at jeg kan gå i Rette med eder for HERRENs Åsyn og kundgøre eder alle de Gerninger, HERREN i sin Retfærdigher har øvet mod eder og eders Fædre.

⁷ So now, take your stand, that I may plead with you before the Lord concerning all the righteous acts of the Lord which He did for you and your fathers.

⁹ Men de glemte HERREN deres Gud; derfor prisgav han dem til Kong Jabin af Hazors Hærfører Sisera, til Filisterne og til Moabs Konge, så de angreb dem.

⁹ But they forgot the Lord their God, so He sold them into the hand of Sisera, captain of the army of Hazor, and into the hand of the Philistines and into the hand of the king of Moab, and they fought against them.

¹¹ Så sendte HERREN Jerubba'al, Barak, Jefta og Samuel; og han friede eder af eders Fjenders Hånd rundt om, så I kunde bo i Tryghed.

¹¹ Then the Lord sent Jerubbaal and Bedan and Jephthah and Samuel, and delivered you from the hands of your enemies all around, so that you lived in security.

¹³ Og nu, her står Kongen, som I har valgt og krævet; se, HERREN har sat en Konge over eder!

¹³ Now therefore, here is the king whom you have chosen, whom you have asked for, and behold, the Lord has set a king over you.

¹⁵ Adlyder I derimod ikke HERRENs Røst, men er genstridige mod HERRENs Bud, da skal HERRENs Hånd ramme eder og eders Konge og ødelægge eder.

¹⁵ If you will not listen to the voice of the Lord, but rebel against the command of the Lord, then the hand of the Lord will be against you, as it was against your fathers.

¹⁷ Har vi ikke Hvedehøst nu? Men jeg vil råbe til HERREN, at han skal sende Torden og Regn, for at I kan kende og se, at det i HERRENs Øjne var en stor Brøde I begik, da I krævede en Konge!"

¹⁷ Is it not the wheat harvest today? I will call to the Lord, that He may send thunder and rain. Then you will know and see that your wickedness is great which you have done in the sight of the Lord by asking for yourselves a king.”

¹⁹ og hele Folket sagde til Samuel: "Bed for dine Trælle til HERREN din Gud, at vi ikke skal dø, fordi vi til vore andre Synder har føjet den Brøde at kræve en Konge!"

¹⁹ Then all the people said to Samuel, “Pray for your servants to the Lord your God, so that we may not die, for we have added to all our sins this evil by asking for ourselves a king.”

²¹ og vend eder ikke til dem, som er Tomhed og hverken kan hjælpe eller frelse, fordi de er Tomhed.

²¹ You must not turn aside, for then you would go after futile things which can not profit or deliver, because they are futile.

²³ Det være også langt fra mig at synde mod HERREN og høre op med at bede for eder; jeg vil også vise eder den gode og rette Vej;

²³ Moreover, as for me, far be it from me that I should sin against the Lord by ceasing to pray for you; but I will instruct you in the good and right way.

²⁵ Men hvis I handler ilde, skal både I og eders Konge gå til Grunde!" 

²⁵ But if you still do wickedly, both you and your king will be swept away.”